Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter The Christian principles and values Then the apostles and presbyters, in agreement with the whole church, decided to choose representatives and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas …This is the letter delivered by them: “The… Read More »ENFL110

Monday of the Second Week of Advent The messianic times  The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song …. They will see the glory of the Lord, the… Read More »ENFL007

Second Sunday of Advent The brave turtle As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make… Read More »ENFS065

First Sunday of Advent The active expectation Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his work, and orders the gatekeeper to… Read More »ENFS064

Saturday of the Thirty-FourthWeek in Ordinary Time The waiting for the one who comes “Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap. For that day… Read More »ENFL356

Friday of the Thirty-FourthWeek in Ordinary Time The ultimate times  He taught them a lesson. “Consider the fig tree and all the other trees. When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near; in the same way, when… Read More »ENFL355

Wednesday of the Thirty-FourthWeek in Ordinary Time The church, salvation of the world “Before all this happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors… Read More »ENFL353

Tuesday of the Thirty-FourthWeek in Ordinary Time The deceivers and the alarmist While some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, he said, “All that you see here–the days will come when there will not be left… Read More »ENFL352

Thirty-Fourth  Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lord Jesus Christ the King The Lord is my shepherd The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. In green pastures you let me graze; to safe waters you lead me; you restore my strength. You guide… Read More »ENFS063

Saturday of the Thirty-ThirdWeek in Ordinary Time We are destined to the eternity  Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but… Read More »ENFL350